Nairobi s Diplomatic Blunders: Day Arrest of International Leader Went South
By Kenyans.co.ke Writer on
8 July 2021 - 3:21 pm
A collage of Kurdish political prisoner Abdullah Öcalan (left image centre) and Biafra Leader Nnamdi Kanu (left). The two activists were arrested in Kenya in different times but in circumstances that led to a diplomatic crisis
Kanu was wanted by Nigerian authorities for leading an outlawed group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) which calls for the creation of an independent Biafra state in Southern Nigeria.
While in exile, he established a home in Nairobi s Kileleshwa estate where he lived until Kenyan authorities allegedly arrested him and handed him to the Nigerian government in unclear circumstances that have seen the British government demand answers - since the Biafra leader was also a British citizen.